"Oh? Xiao Fan?!" Caught off guard by the sight of the boy she hadn't seen in a while, Lu Xiaoxiao looked surprised at first, but soon broke into a smile and greeted him warmly. "You came over today? Are you here to play games with Lu Yubai?"
"Ah! Xiaoxiao, you're back!" Fan Chiran, who had been talking to Lu Yubai beside him just a second earlier, sprang up from the table as soon as he saw her enter. He looked both excited and flustered. "I'm not here to play games with Lu Yubai. I'm here to... to tutor him!"
"Oh? Tutor him?" Lu Xiaoxiao looked even more surprised, her searching gaze quickly landing on Lu Yubai. "Since when did you become so motivated? You even know to learn from Xiao Fan now? Well, now I've seen everything!"
"Uh... about that..." Lu Yubai guiltily averted his eyes and scratched his temple with a bent index finger, stumbling through his explanation. "Didn't you... say you wanted to hire a tutor for me? I thought about it afterward and figured there was no need to trouble you guys with finding one. Fan Chiran gets such good grades, so why don't I just learn from him? It'll even save the family some money, right? Hahahaha..."
Lu Xiaoxiao: "..."
Lu Xiaoxiao gave him a look that saw right through him. "Does our family need you to save us that money? You just think Fan Chiran is easygoing enough to let you slack off, don't you?"
Lu Yubai: "..."
Why did he feel like someone had just read his mind?
Don't call me out with such pinpoint accuracy!!!
While Lu Yubai was sweating bullets trying to come up with an excuse, Lu Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and launched into a scolding. "Can't you be a little